What’s unclear is when, exactly, the deputy attorney general will go. The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that Rosenstein plans to stay on until shortly after Barr’s confirmation; the Senate Judiciary Committee has set hearings for January 15 and 16, and Barr is expected to be confirmed by the Senate sometime in February. (NBC News reported last month that, incidentally, Mueller could submit his report as early as mid-February.)

Given how shaky his tenure has been, it’s a miracle Rosenstein made it this long without being ousted in Trump’s typical publicly humiliating way. But as for him actually leaving, well, I’ll believe it when I see it.